Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies

Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in agricultural systems. The climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) is a mixed method approach that draws...

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Autores principales: Mwongera, Caroline, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Twyman, Jennifer, Läderach, Peter R.D., Ampaire, Edidah L., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Twomlow, Stephen, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75715
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author Mwongera, Caroline
Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia
Twyman, Jennifer
Läderach, Peter R.D.
Ampaire, Edidah L.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Twomlow, Stephen
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
author_browse Ampaire, Edidah L.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Läderach, Peter R.D.
Mwongera, Caroline
Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia
Twomlow, Stephen
Twyman, Jennifer
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
author_facet Mwongera, Caroline
Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia
Twyman, Jennifer
Läderach, Peter R.D.
Ampaire, Edidah L.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Twomlow, Stephen
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
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description Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in agricultural systems. The climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) is a mixed method approach that draws on participatory bottomup, qualitative, and quantitative tools to assess the heterogeneity of local contexts, and prioritize context-specific CSA options. This is an imperative if countries are to respond to the COP21 agreement and meet their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs). The CSA-RA is designed to assess biophysical including climatic, socio-cultural, economic and technological characteristics at the household, farm and community/regional level. The CSA-RA employs gender-disaggregated methods, including gender differences in perceptions of climate change and its impacts. The CSA-RA combines common participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and rapid rural appraisal (RRA) tools into one methodology, that disaggregates the gender dimension, and includes resource mapping; climate calendars; historical calendars; cropping calendars; organization mapping; transect walks; key informant interviews; farmer interviews; and pairwise ranking matrix. The tool collects qualitative and quantitative data from various stakeholders (farmers, local leaders, researchers, local-level agricultural experts, private sector actors, donor organizations, and policy implementers), allowing expansive analysis, triangulation and validation. Application of the CSA-RA in Tanzania and Uganda reveals heterogeneity across the sites in terms of vulnerability, constraints and CSA priorities among different social groups (gender) and agro-ecological zones. Thus, the CSA-RA allows stakeholders to simultaneously take into account biophysical and socio-economic aspects to target and implement CSA.
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spelling CGSpace757152025-04-17T08:26:12Z Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies Mwongera, Caroline Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia Twyman, Jennifer Läderach, Peter R.D. Ampaire, Edidah L. Asten, Piet J.A. van Twomlow, Stephen Winowiecki, Leigh Ann climate-smart agriculture agriculture data analysis agricultura climáticamente inteligente agricultura análisis de datos Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in agricultural systems. The climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) is a mixed method approach that draws on participatory bottomup, qualitative, and quantitative tools to assess the heterogeneity of local contexts, and prioritize context-specific CSA options. This is an imperative if countries are to respond to the COP21 agreement and meet their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs). The CSA-RA is designed to assess biophysical including climatic, socio-cultural, economic and technological characteristics at the household, farm and community/regional level. The CSA-RA employs gender-disaggregated methods, including gender differences in perceptions of climate change and its impacts. The CSA-RA combines common participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and rapid rural appraisal (RRA) tools into one methodology, that disaggregates the gender dimension, and includes resource mapping; climate calendars; historical calendars; cropping calendars; organization mapping; transect walks; key informant interviews; farmer interviews; and pairwise ranking matrix. The tool collects qualitative and quantitative data from various stakeholders (farmers, local leaders, researchers, local-level agricultural experts, private sector actors, donor organizations, and policy implementers), allowing expansive analysis, triangulation and validation. Application of the CSA-RA in Tanzania and Uganda reveals heterogeneity across the sites in terms of vulnerability, constraints and CSA priorities among different social groups (gender) and agro-ecological zones. Thus, the CSA-RA allows stakeholders to simultaneously take into account biophysical and socio-economic aspects to target and implement CSA. 2017-02 2016-06-13T20:26:59Z 2016-06-13T20:26:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75715 en Open Access Elsevier Mwongera, Caroline; Shikuku, Kelvin M.; Twyman, Jennifer; Läderach, Peter; Ampaire, Edidah; Van Asten, Piet; Twomlowd, Steve; Winowiecki, Leigh A.. 2016. Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies. Agricultural Systems . 151: 192-203.
spellingShingle climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
data analysis
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
agricultura
análisis de datos
Mwongera, Caroline
Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia
Twyman, Jennifer
Läderach, Peter R.D.
Ampaire, Edidah L.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Twomlow, Stephen
Winowiecki, Leigh Ann
Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title_full Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title_fullStr Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title_full_unstemmed Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title_short Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies
title_sort climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal csa ra a tool for prioritizing context specific climate smart agriculture technologies
topic climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
data analysis
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
agricultura
análisis de datos
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75715
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